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Affordable Access to Space

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The high cost of reaching orbit is the major factor preventing the large-scale exploration and exploitation of space. When I fly from College Station, Texas, to almost anywhere in the United States,… Read More

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Decoupling Water and Violent Conflict

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

As the saying goes, water is the stuff of life. It is a basic human need, the lifeblood of critical ecosystems, and a basis for livelihoods and cultures for countless communities around … Read More

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Do High-Stakes Tests Improve Learning?

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Test-based incentives, which reward or sanction schools, teachers, and students based on students’ test scores, have dominated U.S. education policy for decades. But a recent study suggests that they should be used … Read More

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Escape from the Great Distress: The Role of Rules

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The early part of my career was focused on the elusive notion of an idea and its economic power. I worked both at the theoretical level and the policy level in thinking… Read More

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Qualitative Metrics in Science Policy: What Can’t Be Counted, Counts

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The past half-century has ushered in a veritable revolution in the science of metrics, as the surprisingly long life of Moore’s Law and related advances in information technology have led to a… Read More

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Controlling the Arms Bazaar

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

In July 2012, after years of preliminary effort, United Nations (UN) member nations gathered in New York to draft a treaty that would provide the foundation for regulating the international arms trade.… Read More

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The Limits of Knowledge: Personal and Public

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

One of the most basic assumptions underlying much of Western thinking is that individuals are rational beings, able to form judgments based on empirical information and logical deliberations in their quest for… Read More

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Archives – Fall 2012

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

These paintings by Albert Herter adorn the walls of the Members’ Room of the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1924, the building recently underwent a major two-year… Read More

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The Climate Struggle Heats Up

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

In The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, Michael E. Mann offers a personal assessment of the controversies and shenanigans that have surrounded the issue of global warming during the past… Read More

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Back to Basics on Energy Policy

Issues — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

In June 1973, President Richard Nixon addressed the emerging energy crisis, saying that “the answer to our long-term needs lies in developing new forms of energy.” He asked Congress for a five-year,… Read More

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